Julien De Smedt

Born in Belgium, Julien De Smedt is currently one of Denmark's most
successful young architects. He worked for several years for OMA/ Rem
Koolhaas in Rotterdam before co-founding, together with Bjarke Ingels,
the Copenhagen-based Architecture firm PLOT which quickly established
itself as the star of the Danish architecture scene. De Smedt has won
numerous renowned architecture awards such as, for example, the Golden
Lion at the Venice Biennale and the European Prize for Urban Public
Space. He was also nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Award and has won
the 'Young Architect of the Year Award' twice. He has been director of
the Copenhagen Office JDS Architects since 2006.